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SCUM Manifesto by Avital Ronell, Valerie Solanas
2 reviews
mayakinsley's review
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
4.5
4.5/5
Just a fascinating book. Solanas was so insane and yet her writing also feels (in some areas) very reflective of society and the ways oppression has been perpetrated. She was a bit of a crazy genius. Unfortunately with that comes her violent energy and acts. Just a wild book to read and study - especially with its history.
Just a fascinating book. Solanas was so insane and yet her writing also feels (in some areas) very reflective of society and the ways oppression has been perpetrated. She was a bit of a crazy genius. Unfortunately with that comes her violent energy and acts. Just a wild book to read and study - especially with its history.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Murder
Moderate: War
wildflower09's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
2.5
What in the hell did I just read? Trigger warning for basically everything.
I don't even know where to begin, the book seems to be disorganized and is at times hard to read. However not all of her ideas and observations are total whack. Men are often times violent, and much more often so than women.
On the other hand, claiming that women are inherently men and men inherently women because men have pussy envy... it reads very Freudian.
Also, it sounds like Valerie spent time with too many trans women and got a very warped view of them. But then again, this book was written in the 60s.
It's overall.... an interesting book, gives some insight into feminism, transphobia and the struggles of the LGBTQ community in the 60s.
Read at your own risk.
I don't even know where to begin, the book seems to be disorganized and is at times hard to read. However not all of her ideas and observations are total whack. Men are often times violent, and much more often so than women.
On the other hand, claiming
Also, it sounds like Valerie spent time with too many trans women and got a very warped view of them. But then again, this book was written in the 60s.
It's overall.... an interesting book, gives some insight into feminism, transphobia and the struggles of the LGBTQ community in the 60s.
Read at your own risk.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Lesbophobia